L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet is a friendly city, with its own personality and welcoming character. A Mediterranean city, well connected and with a high quality hotel offer where gastronomy, leisure and culture merge combining tradition and modernity.
It is a city of the metropolitan area of Barcelona with a strategic geographical situation between the airport, the port and the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona, with whom it shares affinities, hopes and illusions.
The city is accredited as a Tourist Sports Destination by the Catalan Tourism Agency for excellence in sports facilities, accommodation and specialized services.
Art & Culture
Around the Plaza de Europa, avant-garde buildings designed for Pritzker Prize winners are concentrated and you can discover the art galleries of the Cultural District, the Hospitalet History Museum and the Tecla Sala Cultural Center, among others.
History & Heritage
In the Xipreret street and its surroundings are the origins of Hospitalet. The old textile factories of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are places worth visiting.
Food & Drink & Nightlife
With many restaurants and bars, going "tapas" around the city is always unforgettable. The Salamandra Room, with more than twenty years of history, is a benchmark for live music in the city.
Shopping & Markets
Distributed throughout the city, there are a number of shops and traditional markets that coexist with large shopping areas, such as the Gran Vía 2 shopping center and the IKEA store.
Business & Biomedical Cluster
The magnificent infrastructures, excellent communications by public transport and a wide variety of accommodation and quality cuisine make the city an ideal destination to develop business. Venues such as Gran Vía de Fira de Barcelona and La Farga host fairs, congresses and events with a variety of themes.
The biomedical cluster of Bellvitge, formed by Bellvitge Hospital, the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and the University of Barcelona (UB), make Hospitalet a university city with one of the most important complexes in the state in terms of care and research in biomedicine.
Events
Most, International Wine Film Festival in Penedès and Priorat
From 5 to 15 NovemberPanoràmic Festival in Granollers, Barcelona, Terrassa and Vic
From 15 October to 27 DecemberMIRA Digital Arts Festival
From 6 to 7 NovemberMeet Your Coffee Awards Barcelona 2026
From 6 to 8 NovemberTerror Molins, Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival
From 6 to 15 NovemberL'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival
From 12 to 22 NovemberAutumn Fair in Castellví de Rosanes
From 14 to 15 NovemberEls Llums de Sant Pau - "El Petit Príncep"
From 19 November to 10 January 2027Villavecchia Foundation Charity Christmas Market
From 21 to 22 NovemberLiving Nativity Scene of Corbera de Llobregat
From 28 to 29 NovemberPrat breed poultry fair in El Prat de Llobregat
From 28 to 30 NovemberNearby routes
Sports tourist destinations of Catalonia
A stroll through the gardens surrounding Barcelona
May 18: International Museum Day in Barcelona
Following the work of Puig i Cadafalch along the coast
Llobregat path
The Baix Llobregat, a trip through history
Itinerary Jujol in Sant Joan Despí
Trying the 1714 food
The main characters in the the siege of 1714
Charming corners of Barcelona
News
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Sustainable turism
Biosphere